This perspective of NOLA is a tourist’s – that’s what I was. From the upscale Garden District on a quiet weekday afternoon to the Bourbon Street invasion at night. I heard a jazz musician, a local performing for locals in City Park, reminisce about “when we used to go to Bourbon Street, and we used to wear jackets and ties.” No longer.

Here are some images of people and peoples’ places, arranged from the sedate to the not-so-much.